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Friends in Need [Ch.14 Alpha] [NeonGhosts]

April 23, 2026F95

Friends in Need sees you stepping into the role of a man who made a very bad financial decision, which nearly resulted in your ruin. Years later, the reverberations of that decision echo once more through your life, suddenly enriching you beyond your wildest imaginings. When your best friend and long-time crush comes to you for help with her own financial misfortune, you realize that with nearly unlimited resources, you can be a force for good – or evil.

Friends in Need is a game focusing largely on moral choices – good, bad, or a little of both! That means that this game contains some taboo themes and situations. However, it’s entirely possible to play a wholly good route, if that’s your prerogative! Most relationships in the game are optional, and you typically have every opportunity to avoid sex scenes with specific characters, as well as certain non-vanilla kinks and fetishes.
Friends in Need is written and coded by NeonGhosts, and the art in the first chapter is by HorizonticalStudio, with NeonGhosts taking over future CG renders.

Thread Updated: 2026-04-23

Release Date: 2026-04-23

Developer: NeonGhosts – Patreon – SubscribeStar – Boosty

Censored: No

Version: Chapter 14 Alpha

OS: Windows, Linux, Mac

Language: English

Other Games: The Student Loan

Genre:

3DCG, Anal Sex, Blackmail, Cheating, Corruption, Creampie, Footjob, Male Protagonist, Male Domination, Oral Sex, Rape, Romance, Spanking, Teasing, Vaginal Sex

Installation:

Extract and run.

Changelog:

Chapter 14 Alpha

– 2,406 images

– Adds 580 images since the previous test build.

– Adds Gabby’s romance, friendship, and friends-to-lovers endings.

Chapter 14 Test

This build contains the full, working Chapter 14, except for Gabby’s ending scenes, which will be added for the alpha version, coming Soon™. It includes multiple endings for Nicki, Mason, Jun, Ashe, Indigo and two possible threesomes.

Chapter 14 Teaser

Featuring roughly 430+ images, as well as the save migration feature from Friends in Need: Season 1. I’ve given it some testing and it all seems to be working. Season 1 v0.95b will prompt you to export a save file at the end, and this teaser will ask you to choose from one of five slots upon startup.

v0.95b

– contains the complete Season 1: Chapters 1-12 + mini-games

– expands on Risa’s hotel corruption path, adding 60ish images and two ero positions

– replaces the art for Ginger with a new model

– adds more options to Chapter 12’s errands menu, allowing you to do more events in one playthrough

– adds a save-file migration function, to enable transfer of data from Season 1 to Season 2

– typo fixes, added variables, etc.

– added an ending montage for each love interest, with endings varying depending on choices you’ve made

Season 1 – v0.85c

fixing a bug that caused a continuity error, and resolving a broken animation in Blue Valentine.

Miscellaneous typo fixes.

Added Android version.

Season 1 – v0.85b

fixing a game-breaking bug with Blue Valentine, and restoring broken animations in Chapter 9.

Season 1 – v0.85

– Restores the (newly renumbered) Chapters 8, 9, and 10.

– Adds an ‘extra’ sub-menu on the title screen, allowing you to access the short stories, Blue Valentine and A Slave to Desire.

– Adds a small scene for Ashe in Chapter 8.

-Corrects various continuity errors, typos, and dialogue.

Chapter 1-7 – v0.73

Contains Chapters 1-7. This material includes the remastered Chapter 1, as well as new and remastered material in Chapters 2-3.
Variables have been updated to make tracking certain events and stats easier.
Various typos and continuity errors have been fixed.
A few pieces of art have been updated and replaced.
Fixed a game-breaking bug in Chapter 2, from v0.72, which was caused by a missing story label.
As always, please report and problems or bugs on the Discord, where I or the community will be able to assist you more quickly.

2025-05-04

Added Mini-Sode: A Slave to Desire!

Chapter 1 Rework v0.25

Barring any game-breaking bugs, this will be the final version of the Chapter 1

remake. Contains 857 images.

Chapter 11 v0.72

Contains the beginning of Chapter 11, with 138 images.

Mini-Sode: Blue Valentine

Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! Here’s a little mini-game, from me to you.

Chapter 10 v0.71

Final version of Chapter 10! Adds bug fixes, a small tweak to Chapter 9, and a few pieces of new art.

v0.70 Beta

– Bug-fixes, typos, etc. corrected from Alpha.

– Updated portraits for certain characters.

– Added a small Ashe scene when MC is in the bath. To access it, you need to be on Ashe’s girlfriend path, where you had a good date with her, and she slept over/had breakfast with you.

– 1709 images, plus 12 small animations

v0.70 Alpha

1700+ renders.
90,000+ words.
Story scenes featuring Nicki, Mason, Viola, Gabby, Madison, and more.
4 ero scenes featuring Mason (with variables based on choice), 1 small ero scene featuring Spicy Sapphire on webcam, 1 ero scene for Gabby’s sugarbaby and dark path (with variations based on alignment), and 1 ero scene with three variations featuring a new secondary character.
Sexy/teasing/voyeur scenes for Brittani and Madison, and a tiny bit of the same for Viola.
Based on polling players, most said their playtime for one path was between 1-2 hours.

v0.60c

Fixed typos.
Fixed inaccessible dialogue error.
If you’ve already played previous versions, you probably don’t need to download this one. :p

v0.60b

Fixed visual continuity errors and floating object in one scene.
Fixed inaccessible dialogue error.
Changed dialogue during one scene, to better reflect player’s attitude towards a character.
Fixed typos.
Fixed missing image in ‘Brent in Need’ short story.

v0.60a

Total render count of 1,192 images for the chapter.
Erotic scenes for Risa, Pepper, and some newcomers.
Integrates ‘Brent in Need/Foe at a Low’ short story into the main build, between Chapters 8 and 9.

v0.59b

v0.57b

Aprils Fools Release

v0.57

929 total images
6 animations
3 possible sex scenes

v0.55 – Patreon

N/A

v0.4

1550+ new images
New story scenes featuring Ashe, Nicki, Risa, and Viola.
New ero scenes featuring Ashe and Risa.

v0.39

1350+ new images.
Ero scenes featuring four characters.
Fixed a few images in Chapter Two to resolved floating.
Added character ‘avatars’ alongside dialogue.

v0.375

922 new images, total.
Multiple new erotic scenes, with variable endings based on the choices you make.
Lowered opacity of the text box and added a text outline.
Fixed a few images in Chapter Three, resolving issues with clipping, floating, etc.
Added two new images and a few lines of dialogue to one of Ashe’s events in Chapter Two.

v0.34

69 total images for the Halloween Special.
Added reactive dialogue to the Halloween special, changing Guy’s dialogue based on his relationship to the girls.
Added 9 new images, creating a new event in Chapter Two.
Added 1 new image in Nicki’s Chapter Three lingerie scene, replacing an old piece of art.
Corrected various coding errors and typos.
Corrected a broken image in Gabby’s boutique scene.

v3.2

v3.2

Adds two new mini events to Chapter Three.

Adds 99 additional images.

Corrects typos and variables.

Corrects a handful of broken images.

Brows no longer temple, they steeple.

v3.1

Adds 1264 total new images to the game

features four sexual interactions

multiple light/dark options

multiple locations, and three new characters.

v0.22

Adds Chapter Two to the game.

Added 1000+ new images.

Adjusted opacity of text box to make it more transparent.

v0.15

Update for the first chapter with new dialogue and art.

Removed single choice menus.

Added approximately 80 new images.

Created a new, benevolent financial domination path.

Added content to the negative financial domination path.

Added flashback content to the beginning of the game, expanding on Nicki and the MC’s relationship.

Updated the GUI/main menu.

v0.1

The full first chapter.

Approximately 25-30 minutes of content.

One full sex scene, with three potential endings.

230+ total renders.

3000+ lines of code.

Developer Notes:

As Friends in Need is a game focusing on moral choices, each update will contain choices that allow you to potentially change your relationship with other characters, for good or ill! Therefore it’s recommended that you save often and try different paths. But, you’ll never be forced to be wholly nice or wholly evil to any specific character, and being cruel to one person doesn’t lock you into a path where you’ll be cruel to another. However, some of the narrative text will change based on your character’s overall alignment, which is designed to give deeper insight into your character’s potential headspace. Further, the developer does not believe in “game over” choices – instead, you just have to live with the consequences of your actions.

Patch Instructions:

“Step 1. Move “patch.rpy” into “game” folder.

Step 2. Allow “patch.rpy” to overwrite the existing file of the same name.

Please note that this patch can be used on any version of the game, from v. 0.15 forward.

*Neon Ghosts Studio claims no responsibility for this patch, recognizing it only as a fan-made contribution.

About the Vanilla Version:

The Vanilla Version is the Patreon version with all non Patreon confirming content removed.